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covid Sniffer dog
‘A protective bubble’: Covid-sniffing dogs help scientists - and Metallica - spot infection
Researchers find four dogs can identify biomarkers associated with the virus with 97.5% accuracy. With a sense of smell up to 100,000 times more sensitive than humans’, dogs have been... Read more...
dogs name
'My mum is so embarrassed of my dog's name that she's refusing to walk him'
A pet owner thought they were being funny when they picked out their dog’s unusual name, but their mum isn’t best pleased and has even refused to walk the pet... Read more...
Gloucester Services cat
Gloucester Services cat reunited with owners after seven months
A cat that vanished from a motorway service station has been reunited with her owners after seven months. BBC News reports that Millie leapt free from her cat basket while... Read more...
Pet Detectives
Catch them if you can? Meet the exotic pet detectives
Skunks, iguanas, terrapins, big cats… Britain has more invasive and exotic animals than you imagine. Meet the search and rescue enthusiasts dedicated to capturing them and keeping them safe. Sometime... Read more...
Cat In Cupboard
New Norwich homeowners surprised to find cat in cupboard
A family was surprised to open a cupboard in the kitchen of a house they had just moved into – to find a cat staring back at them. BBC News... Read more...
Insect pet food
Why feeding your pets insects could become all the buzz
Owners worried about the climate cost of traditional pet food are switching to crickets, mealworms and black soldier flies. First there was recycling, then cutting down on flights, now feeding... Read more...
birth dog
UK woman has baby in hospital with ‘birth dog’ by her side
Charlotte Beard was helped through labour by aid dog Flump who is trained to detect her oncoming seizures. Allowing women to give birth in hospital with their pet dog by... Read more...
covid and animals
From hippos to hamsters: How Covid is affecting creatures great and small
Scientists are racing to assess the spread of the virus in wild and domestic animals, and the threat it could pose to us. A year ago humanity embarked on a... Read more...
Dog Whisperer
‘We don’t have to command them - it’s a relationship’: Meet Britain’s top dog whisperer
There are now more dogs in Britain than ever before. And many new owners are not sure how to cope. Louise Glazebrook, the country’s foremost dog behaviourist and author of... Read more...
feline film stars
What’s new, pussycat? How feline film stars are trained to perform
From Stuart Little and Pet Sematary to new movie The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, cats can be scene-stealers. But how do you get such fickle and independent creatures to... Read more...
Dog Hero
Dog sat on owner for 13 hours after he broke his leg climbing mountain
A hiker will be forever thankful he brought his dog along with him for a walk in the Croatian mountains. Metro reports that North, the eight-month-old Alaskan Malamute, sprung into... Read more...
Dogs and Speech
Dogs may be able to tell difference between speech patterns, study finds
Dogs react differently to speech and non-speech when listening to human voices, say researchers. Dogs may appear to have selective hearing when it comes to commands but research suggests they... Read more...